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Horoscopes: November 2015

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCORPIO!

Happy Birthday, Scorpio!

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21)

Your Month: Do you feel a little lighter now, a little less stressed and more determined to make some big changes in your world? Not yet? Well, don’t fret. You will. No true Scorpio sets out in life to win a popularity contest, but sometimes when the planets align just right and the moon and stars conspire, that’s exactly what seems to happen, or it feels that way. While you stay busy creatively mapping out your next career move, your fan base grows, quietly amassing on the horizon, preparing to take the enemy by surprise. You aren’t alone anymore; your legions of fans have your back.

➺ November is a relief after the turmoil of 2015, a good time to re-assess old values and come up with new plans. No difficulty arises without an easy solution, no problem without a remedy, no question without an answer. If you listen to your inner voice and stay willing to choose the more creative path while managing this month, you can consider it a head start for the adventures 2016 has in store.

 

Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21):

You guys are usually big-picture people, preferring to leave those pesky details in the dust as soon as they begin making demands on you. Well, not to be too dramatic here, but your destiny and career success this month is linked with how completely you embrace the details of your work. You can be as charming, assertive and passionate as you want, but if you don’t dot every i and cross all your ts, you might be disappointed in the outcome of your adventures. This doesn’t mean you must do all the mundane work yourself. Oh, no! Relationships play a key role, and you get to be the boss. So go ahead: delegate.

 

Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 20):

No one would ever accuse you of being a dreamer, but the philosophical approach you’ve applied to most of the last year does make you appear almost Buddha-like. In fact, the image of students trekking across the wilderness or climbing a mountain peak to sit in your hut and absorb the wisdom you dispense is kind of accurate. You’ve already undertaken a serious examination of your own hidden realms, so why not help others to conquer their fears as well? And your desire to divest yourself of extraneous worldly goods, load up your donkey and take off for parts unknown is a little Buddha-like too.

 

Aquarius (Jan. 21–Feb. 19): 

Passionate but detached, solitary but demanding a connection, independent but sharing your expanding resources: This is your month. But it’s also a good month, so expect a surprise legacy, inheritance, insurance payout, legal settlement, severance package or gift with no obvious strings. This could also be a very good month for romance of a more—ahem,—{earthy} variety, and you may demand more than a platonic relationship from a friend or co-worker. It’ll sizzle, but try to keep the heat under wraps or it may burn you later. Remember, the only way to keep a secret is to keep it first yourself. Just saying.

 

Pisces (Feb. 20–March 20): 

I know, I know: Work demands your time and attention, but you need a vacation this month. Take your romantic anniversary trip to Hawaii, or learn to dance the tango with your loved one in Argentina or sip espresso and nibble croissants beneath the Eiffel Tower on the most romantic Paris date ever. Make it a big trip, use your passport, have a romantic adventure. Just say no to work and get your romance fix this month because very soon, all those prophesied career changes will kick in and throw your career in a completely different direction. Then you won’t have time to play.

 

Aries (March 21–April 20):

When you’re really into something, no one has more energy than you. Your enthusiasm is contagious and you want to share your fun with everyone in your immediate orbit. The problem usually is how to keep your attention focused. But that won’t be a problem this month. You’re completely in control of your day-to-day energy and you find even the most mundane work activities fascinating. Your co-workers look to you as a leader now, and you’re OK with that. Just fine-tune your daily routines, both work and health, and allow them be your main focus. It will pay off big.

 

Taurus (April 21–May 21):

Friends and partners, partners and friends, friends as partners, and partners as friends: This is the theme and your project for the month is to figure out ways to be creative and have fun with them, your friends and partners, that is. But also try to {have fun}, if you get my meaning. It’s important for you to enjoy your personal life {completely}. Be creative and lighthearted, join groups and participate in activities, but also step carefully around anything too serious, too deep or too secretive. Focus on the details of your immediate personal goals and leave the heavy stuff to everyone else.

 

Gemini (May 22–June 20): 

You know how we’ve encouraged you in your career, pushed you to take chances with your work and warned you about the hurt and neglected feelings of those you left at home? Well, that was then and this is now. Your job this month is home. That’s it. Home. Spend some time with your house and get to know each other again. Tackle those jobs you’ve ignored or swept under the carpet, literally. Organize your pantry, clean out your closets, refold your T-shirts a la Marie Kondo. Stay in and read a real book or rewatch {Gilmore Girls} on Netfix. Learn to love your house again by fine-tuning it.

 

Cancer (June 21–July 22):

Clear and truthful communication is the theme for this month, so make it a point not to cut corners or adjust the facts since it could backfire. Clear communications are integral to everything you do. Use them to ramp up your social media because people connected through your career need to trust you and believe in your integrity. Your partners feel a little fragile right now so clear communications here will prevent major relationship issues later. And people you work with need you to tell them exactly what to do and how to do it. And vice versa. So speak up.

 

Leo (July 23–Aug. 23):

Money makes the world go ’round. You know the rest. Now, I don’t usually advocate a monetary focus but this month, there is no way to escape it: Money really does make your world go ’round. Everything you touch turns to gold, every idea in your head is a moneymaker and your instincts in the financial arena are spot-on. Now, this doesn’t mean everything else in your life falls by the wayside just because your work is on fire. This happy money situation keeps your home life rosy, so go ahead and buy new living-room furniture.

 

Virgo (Aug. 24–Sept. 22):

Practically and methodically, you go after what you want. Quietly and efficiently, you tackle projects. You’re almost always pragmatic about love, preferring meaningful relationships, reliability and common sense versus fairy tales. But this month, things are a little different. You feel romantic, fiery and independent, and you want—no, need—to express yourself creatively. You may even be rash and a little aggressive, darting about here and there. So it’s important to have an outlet, a way to communicate what’s inside, or it may burst out of you and cause trouble. If you can blog, email, text or spruce up your website, you may have your outlet.

 

Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22):

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is an annual creative-writing project taking place in November. It challenges you to write 50,000 words, and the reason I’m reminding you is because November just happens to be a perfect month for you, astrologically, to hole up in your home office and write. Jodi Picoult says everyone has a book in them, and yours is bursting at the seams to get out. It takes a lot of alone time to write a book, and until now, that’s been in short supply for you. But you’ll have plenty of alone time and motivation in November. So write your novel.

 

By Deborah Alys Carter, deborah@pinkaustin.com

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